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U.S. President George W. Bush, far right, steps off Marine One on his return from Anchorena Park in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

Bush OKs 4,400 extra troops for Iraq

CNN

U.S. troops reported in joint operations with Colombian military seeking U.S. hostages

International Herald Tribune

Robert Gates to the rescue

The behind-the-scenes scramble to rectify the mess at the Walter Reed Hospital and to take better care of veterans is revealing of a new way of doing things in the Bush administration.

MSNBC

U.S. agencies tangle on efforts in Iraq

Washington Post

Sudan questions U.N. plan for Darfur

Hopes that U.N. peacekeepers will soon be sent to bolster the African Union force in Darfur appear to have been dashed by a letter from the Sudanese president to the United Nations secretary general.

Al Jazeera

Bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, 32 killed

At least 32 people died in central Baghdad when a suicide car bomber attacked a truck carrying Shiite pilgrims returning from a major religious commemoration, police and hospital officials said.

MSNBC

Iraqi kidnappers demand that Germany withdraw from Afghanistan

Los Angeles Times

President tries to bolster U.S. ally Colombia

George W. Bush will become the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to set foot in Bogota as he tries to bolster his staunchest Latin American ally fighting a decades-old insurgency and drug war.

MSNBC

Chavez continues counter-Bush tour, visiting flood-ravaged Bolivia

International Herald Tribune

U.S. and Iran talk, though the words are harsh

U.S. and Iranian envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for the country's crisis at a one-day international conference that some hoped would help end their 27-year diplomatic freeze.

International Herald Tribune

Iran wants to brief powers on atomic plans: TV

Reuters

Iran tells U.S. to set timetable for Iraq exit

Telegraph

NATION

U.N. set to endorse separate Kosovo

The United Nations Security Council will decide whether to grant Kosovo independence from Serbia after the U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari declared an end to more than a year of fruitless talks.

Sydney Morning Herald

France's Chirac poised to end political career

French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement from frontline politics after a 45-year career that was strong on symbolic gestures but short on concrete reforms.

Reuters

Abbas, Olmert to meet, divided on Palestinian unity

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks that are only likely to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.

Reuters

POLITICS

Unmasked agent piles pressure on 'liability' Cheney

Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to come under pressure over his role in the outing of Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent, when she testifies before Congress this week.

Sunday Times

Thompson considers 2008 run

Fred Thompson thinks there isn't enough "star" power in the GOP presidential field, so the professional actor and former Tennessee senator is considering getting into the 2008 race.

USA Today

Poll: Character trumps policy for voters

Yahoo! News

Bush vows swift action in FBI records scandal

President Bush pledged swift action over findings that the FBI illegally or improperly obtained private records during terrorism and espionage investigations.

ABC News

SPORTS

Mom fights NCAA academic rules

A snapshot shows Michael Bowers towering over his petite mother in his prom tuxedo, the star athlete's future seemingly full of promise. The 6-foot-7 Bowers had been actively recruited for his football prowess.

Yahoo! News

Islanders' Simon may face criminal charges

The New York Islanders' Chris Simon may have more to worry about than being indefinitely suspended by the National Hockey League. He may face criminal charges.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Humanitarian goals, tech-savvy solutions

Architecture for Humanity has launched the Open Architecture Network, a Web site that helps designers and architects develop new work by enabling their peers to critique it online.

International Herald Tribune

Bracing For The iPhone

Apple's iPhone - which will rely on software to morph from telephone to mobile Internet device to PDA - will put a premium on mobile engineering talent.

Forbes

HEALTH

Research strengthens link between smoking, pancreatic cancer

Researchers at Michigan State University have added yet another piece to the puzzle that links cigarette smoking with cancer of the pancreas, one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

Science Daily

Trial uses measles to kill bone marrow cancer

U.S. researchers are launching a phase I clinical trial to test an engineered measles virus against the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma.

Health Day

ConAgra extends peanut butter recall

ConAgra Foods Inc. has extended its recall of all peanut butter produced at a plant in Georgia by more than a year, back to October 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Americans tenderly stuff their pets with drugs

Americans have begun to medicate their dogs, cats and sometimes other pets as much as they medicate themselves.

USA Today

The face of war

Photojournalist Nina Berman discusses her award-winning portrait of disfigured Iraq vet Ty Ziegel and his fiancée, Renee, on their wedding day — and what was really going on behind the lens.

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Autoworkers giving bonuses to charity

Some of Ford Motor Co. workers in Milan, Mich., are donating their $500 bonus checks to charity.

Monsters and Critics

‘Idol’ recruits Stefani, Bono for charity special

Gwen Stefani, Pink and Annie Lennox will perform on a star-studded two-night “American Idol” charity special next month.

MSNBC

NATION

Kidnapped newborn found

A newborn girl, who was abducted Saturday morning from a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has been located in neighboring New Mexico, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN.

CNN

DEA cracks down on money-making pot clinics

Federal agents trailed Sparky Rose as he drove a Porsche Carrera convertible to his medical marijuana clinic.

MSNBC

10th Bronx fire victim dead

A devastating Bronx fire claimed its 10th victim when a 7-year-old girl died after a two-day battle for her life, a family spokesman said.

ABC News

BUSINESS

China lawmaker wants Forbidden City free of Starbucks

A member of China's parliament has demanded the immediate closure of a Starbucks coffee shop set up inside Beijing's Forbidden City, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Reuters

Biofuels boom raises tough questions

America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel.

BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

White House seeks to boost aquaculture

The Bush administration wants to allow ocean farming for shellfish, salmon and saltwater species in federal waters for the first time, hoping to grab a greater share of the $70 billion aquaculture market.

Yahoo! News

Scientists to meet on global warming

The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say at a Belgium meeting.

Baltimore Sun

EDUCATION

The suicide test

Alarmed by recent reports of student depression and fearing malpractice lawsuits, colleges are struggling with ways to treat suicidal students - including expelling them.

Salon

States grapple with college textbook prices

Winona State University senior Rick Howden, a business administration major, figures he knows a bad deal when he sees it. A $4,500 tab for his college textbooks by the time he graduates? Bad deal.

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope's envoy hails Putin meeting

A meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week will benefit Russia's small Catholic community, the pope's envoy to Moscow said.

Forbes

Radio host finds conversation easily intersects with religion

Every week, radio host Krista Tippett digs into her grab bag for topics of spirituality and meaning — Hurricane Katrina, whale songs, sports. Yes, even baseball scores in a program about spirituality.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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